Oil & gas wells in Garfield County, CO
17,267 catalogued wells in Garfield County, Colorado, from the state regulator registry and the federal orphaned-well inventory.
Dataset updated . Derived from public data sources.
At a glance
Garfield County, Colorado has 17,267 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10,779 active (62%), 1,053 plugged & abandoned (6%) and 102 documented orphans. It ranks 2nd of the 47 Colorado counties WellCensus profiles by well count and holds 14% of the state's 124,327 catalogued wells.
Catalogued wells
17,267
Active
10,779
Plugged
1,053
Documented orphans
102
What is the status of oil and gas wells in Garfield County?
62% of Garfield County's wells are active, 33 percentage points above the Colorado share of 29%. 6% are plugged & abandoned, against 44% statewide and 47% nationally. 1,053 wells (6%) are shut-in — unplugged but idle. 102 wells (0.6%) are documented orphans with no operator able to plug them, compared with 1% across Colorado and 4% nationally. The remaining 4,280 carry status codes outside those classes, such as permitted or cancelled locations.
What kinds of wells are in Garfield County?
By product class, 122 of the county's wells (0.7%) are oil wells, 12,396 (72%) gas wells and 0 (0%) injection wells. Statewide the oil share is 24% and the gas share 34%. The deepest total depth published for a Garfield County well is 19,070 ft, against 29,046 ft for Colorado as a whole. 100% of the county's wells carry coordinates and appear on the map.
How does Garfield County compare with other Colorado counties?
Garfield County has the 2nd-most catalogued wells of the 47 Colorado counties with at least 25. The median Colorado county on WellCensus has 497 wells. The largest, Weld County, has 45,804. By documented orphans it ranks 5th in Colorado.
Who operates wells in Garfield County?
166 distinct operators of record are linked to wells in Garfield County. 100% of the county's wells carry a link to a canonical operator profile; the rest list no operator or a name not yet resolved. Each well's page names its operator where the state publishes one.
Wells in Garfield County
🔒 Create a free account to export CSV| Well | API # / state ID | Status | Type | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Bruce Kiper | 05-045-05079 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Unknown |
| K-17-7-103 Federal | 05-045-06269 | Other status | Other type | Fuel Resources Development Co |
| Mv 10 23 Federal | 05-045-06564 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| 1 Jolley 20-6 | 05-045-06716 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| W-86-29 Clough | 05-045-06612 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| Gm13-28 Puckett | 05-045-07449 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| 7-11c (K7) Krk | 05-045-08935 | Active | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| 13-9b (113) Roles | 05-045-09053 | Active | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| 10-9 (Rj10) Savage Federal | 05-045-10912 | Active | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| Rwf 334-14 Clough | 05-045-11209 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| 36-9c (C31e) Shideler | 05-045-11953 | Other status | Other type | Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc |
| Pa 441-4 Knight | 05-045-12547 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| 1-8d Chevron | 05-045-13679 | Shut-in | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| Rwf 522-6 Fossil Creek | 05-045-13121 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| Cp11d-32 G32 49 Dwu | 05-045-15379 | Other status | Other type | Conoco Phillips Company |
| 598-25-Bv-18 Skr | 05-045-15427 | Active | Gas | Chevron USA Inc |
| 43C-36-795 Battlement Mesa | 05-045-23116 | Other status | Other type | Caerus Piceance LLC |
| 41B-36-795 Battlement Mesa | 05-045-23123 | Other status | Other type | Caerus Piceance LLC |
| WMC 412-18-793 Leverich | 05-045-24556 | Shut-in | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| 22a-17d Puckett | 05-045-12583 | Other status | Other type | Pdc Energy Inc |
| 1 Fairview | 05-045-06078 | Plugged & abandoned | Other type | Questar Gas Company |
| Rmv 22-35 Juhan | 05-045-06920 | Active | Gas | Tep Rocky Mountain LLC |
| 5-11 (N5) Couey | 05-045-07474 | Plugged & abandoned | Gas | Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc |
| 6-14 (C7e) Krk | 05-045-07407 | Active | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
| 11-11 Cedar Springs Ranch | 05-045-08146 | Active | Gas | Qb Energy Operating LLC |
A sample of the county’s wells — every catalogued well has its own page. Browse all 17,267 in search → (filter by operator, status and type, then export), or find a specific well on the live map.
Frequently asked questions
How many oil and gas wells are in Garfield County, CO?
Garfield County, Colorado has 17,267 catalogued oil & gas wells: 10,779 active, 1,053 plugged and 102 documented orphans.
How many orphaned wells are in Garfield County?
102 wells in Garfield County, Colorado are documented orphans — unplugged with no solvent operator of record, the 5th-highest count among Colorado counties.
What share of wells in Garfield County are plugged?
1,053 of Garfield County's 17,267 catalogued wells (6%) are plugged & abandoned, compared with 44% across Colorado.
Which Colorado county has the most oil and gas wells?
Weld County has the most catalogued wells of any Colorado county on WellCensus (45,804); Garfield County ranks 2nd with 17,267.
How many companies operate wells in Garfield County?
166 distinct operators of record are linked to catalogued wells in Garfield County, Colorado.
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About this data
Source: Colorado ECMC well registry, plus the USGS United States Documented Orphaned Well Database (2026, doi 10.5066/P13FHBYG), as published October 10, 2026 — WellCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: WellCensus, “Oil & gas wells in Garfield County, Colorado”, https://wellcensus.com/wells/colorado/garfield (data as of October 10, 2026).